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Episode 11 - Dr. Marcus Arvan, The Philosophy Career Guru

Dr. Marcus Arvan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tampa. He received his PhD from the University of Arizona and works in ethics, social-political philosophy, cognitive science, philosophy of AI, and metaphysics. He published his first book, Rightness as Fairness: A Moral and Political Theory, in 2016 and his second book, Neurofunctional Prudence and Morality: A Philosophical Theory, in 2020. His third book, Why It's OK to be a Moderate, is forthcoming in 2025. He also owns and blogs at the Philosophers' Cocoon: A Safe and Supportive Forum for Early-Career Philosophers, and co-manages New Work in Philosophy with Barry Maguire and Willa Saadat.
Links from the show:
http://www.marcusarvan.net
https://philosopherscocoon.typepad.com/blog
https://newworkinphilosophy.substack.com
Dr. Jared Oliphint is the founder of Selling Plato (www.sellingplato.com), received his PhD in philosophy, and teaches philosophy at the college level. His published work has focused on metaphysics, philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, social ontology, and metaethics.
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Keywords philosophy, academic career, graduate school, tenure track, public philosophy, AI, ethics, publication, mental health, moderates

Dr. Sarah Jane Murray - Hollywood Meets Medieval Philosophy

Dr. Sarah Jane Murray (Ph.D., Princeton) is an award-winning Professor of Great Texts & Creative Writing at Baylor University and EMMY®-nominated filmmaker with work distributed by PBS, Netflix, Amazon, and the New York Times. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and American Philosophical Society, her research explores the origins of the Western thought and the vital role of storytelling in cultural transmission. From clay tablets and papyrus to the invention of manuscripts, printing, digital film, and 21st century emerging technologies, she believes great storytelling experiences survive because of the ‘3Ms’ — they’re meaningful, memorable, and motivate us to grow. Dr. Murray is the translator with Dr. Matthieu Boyd of the medieval French Moralized Ovid (D.S. Brewer, 2023), a three-volume work described by the Times Literary Supplement as ‘a masterclass in what modern scholarly translation should be.’ Her current work seeks to democratize access to meaningful learning, cultivate critical thinking, and pioneer new educational pathways in interactive storytelling, emerging tech (like XR), and transformational play. (Bio from the Greats Story Lab site)
Links from the show:
Tedx talk, "Hardwired for Story": https://youtu.be/BrtTyEmDLKQ?si=EnArXxK6Vh-yMEZY
Tedx talk, "Write and Wrong": https://youtu.be/l_iQ-NSwgMM?si=1goNyNwNCV_hNTAJ
The Greats Story Lab: https://www.thegreats.org/
Dr. Murray's IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm6142881/
An overview of the Medieval French Ovide moralisé: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/poetry-literature/the-medieval-french-ovide-moralise-k-sarah-jane-murphy-matthieu-boyd-book-review-sebastian-dows-miller
Dr. Jared Oliphint is the founder of Selling Plato (www.sellingplato.com), received his PhD in philosophy, and teaches philosophy at the college level. His published work has focused on metaphysics, philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, social ontology, and metaethics.
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Keywords: storytelling, academia, philosophy, medieval studies, mentorship, film, creativity, education, personal growth, cultural narratives, storytelling, philosophy, endurance, translation, academia, Ovid, film, Great Story Lab, meaningful stories, technology

Dr. Edward Zalta - Behind the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Dr. Edward Zalta served as Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy from 1995 to 2022, and now serves as Co-Principal Editor. He is a Senior Research Scholar in the Philosophy Department at Stanford University. His research specialties include Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophical Logic/Philosophy of Logic, and Computational Metaphysics. He is the author of Abstract Objects: An Introduction to Axiomatic Metaphysics, and Intensional Logic and the Metaphysics of Intentionality, and has published dozens of articles in top journals, many of which you can find at the link below.
Dr. Jared Oliphint is the founder of Selling Plato (www.sellingplato.com), received his PhD in philosophy from Texas A&M, and teaches philosophy full-time at the college level. His published work has focused on metaphysics, philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, social ontology, and metaethics.
Links:
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/
Dr. Zalta's site: https://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
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Keywords philosophy, abstract objects, metaphysics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Descartes, formal methods, philosophical community, contributions, education, research

Dr. Jared Oliphint - So You Want to Do a PhD in Philosophy?

Dr. Jared Oliphint is the founder of Selling Plato (www.sellingplato.com), received his PhD in philosophy, and teaches philosophy at the college level. His published work has focused on metaphysics, philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, social ontology, and metaethics.
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Dr. Christian Miller - Why is the Virtue of Honesty So Neglected Within Philosophy?

Dr. Christian Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. His main areas of research are meta-ethics, moral psychology, moral character, action theory, and philosophy of religion. He directed the Honesty Project (honestyproject.wfu.edu), funded by a $4.4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation. He was the Philosophy Director of the Beacon Project (www.moralbeacons.org), funded by a $3.9 million grant from Templeton Religion Trust, and Director of the Character Project (www.thecharacterproject.com), funded by $5.6 million in grants from the John Templeton Foundation and Templeton World Charity Foundation. He is the author of over 100 papers as well as Moral Psychology (Cambridge University Press) and four books with Oxford University Press, Moral Character: An Empirical Theory (2013), Character and Moral Psychology (2014), The Character Gap: How Good Are We? (2017), and Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue (2021). He also edited or co-edited Essays in the Philosophy of Religion (OUP), Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology (OUP), Moral Psychology, Volume V: Virtue and Character (MIT Press), Integrity, Honesty, and Truth Seeking (OUP), and The Bloomsbury Companion to Ethics (Continuum Press). (From Dr. Miller's PhilPapers profile)
You can check out Dr. Miller's public writings and other work here https://www.christianbmiller.com/ 
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Andy Blitz - The Slipnutz, Working with Conan, and A Life of Comedy

Andy Blitz is a standup comic and was a writer and performer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien for many years, worked on the shows Human Giant, Review, Important Things with Demetri Martin, and many other projects.
We talked about his legendary Late Night sketch, “The Slipnutz” (link below) and opening for Slipknot, his early days of comedy, what it was like to work with Conan, whether he thinks about his comedy as having a purpose, why going to the Emmys is boring (and why skipping them while pulling a prank makes them more interesting), and much more.
Links
The Slipnutz first appearance on Late Night: https://youtu.be/j5QN4S8Gg50?si=gOimPfDS56iog-hL
The Slipnutz open for Slipknot: https://youtu.be/fj-VQTiO0Sw?si=EntaUTwwndoD7jQF
Coldplay, John Mayer, and others sing the Slipnutz song: https://youtu.be/DhPoOPZpq9M?si=IzuUZ6PzlXRK3whk
Andy’s standup on Late Night: https://youtu.be/MXubM1g7UW4?si=Ir7K2sGtOqefXhFu
Conan helps Andy find an apartment: https://youtu.be/LmatGBHgsb0?si=kwawikgeCVFIrX2B
Andy takes a NYC taxi to Toronto: https://youtu.be/m0dLvu-FGxQ?si=d8u5BHDIGTIF0Rkw
Sports chant guy on Conan: https://youtu.be/jBXac6_s7g8?si=Li413OXBZWQrr3e5
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Parker Settecase - YouTube Lessons, Journaling, and Marketing Philosophy

Parker Settecase is a professional YouTuber (with three master's degrees) who hosts a channel called ParkNotes with almost 200,000 subscribers.
He hosts several other channels, including Parker's Pensées, where he has longform conversations on philosophy and theology.
Parker's substack: parknotes.substack.com
ParkNotes channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ParkerNotes
Parker's Instagram: instagram.com/parkersettecase
The 38-million-view frog video: https://youtu.be/d6YnSXVKUiw?si=HxgLOyBvWFlao-BQ
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Dr. Kevin Zollman on How to Apply Game Theory to Parenting, Poker, and Life

Dr. Kevin Zollman is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and the director of the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics. His research focuses on game theory, agent based modeling, and the philosophy of science. He is co-author with Paul Raeburn of The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know - Your Kids. He has also written for The New York Times, Scientific American, The LA Times, among other publications.
You can find more of his work at www.kevinzollman.com.
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Keywords Kevin Zollman, game theory, poker strategy, epistemology, philosophy, probability, expected value, decision theory, mathematics, social epistemology, formal epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of math, teaching philosophy, relevance of philosophy, sports betting, philosophy, game theory, communication, popular audience, writing, academia, parenting, academic book, formal social epistemology, philosophy of game theory, expertise

Tom Ryan - A Philosophical Look at Standup Comedy

Tom Ryan is a New York-based standup comic who has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and played venues like Carnegie Hall. He has been featured on Showtime, A&E, Comedy Central, and NBC, and has opened for B.B. King, Natalie Cole, Jeff Beck, Earth, Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin, Tim Allen, Steven Wright, Brian Regan, Gary Gulman, Dennis Miller, and Jerry Seinfeld.
 
🔗 Links from the show:
Tom Ryan's demo reel and Late Show with David Letterman Appearances: https://youtu.be/Fp4uaj3r6tw?si=XXRude70JuD5WuMq
Tom Ryan's Dry Bar Comedy Appearance (with half a million views): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojzd6pfpzvc
 
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Episode 02 - Dr. Sabrina Little - An Ultramarathoner Meets Philosophy

Dr. Sabrina Little is an ultramarathon multi-time national champion, silver medalist, a previous ultramarathon record holder, and a philosophy assistant professor in the department of Leadership and American Studies at Christopher Newport University. Her main areas of interest are virtue ethics, moral psychology, and classical philosophy.
🔗 Links from the show: https://sabrinalittle.com/
Get her new book The Examined Run here https://a.co/d/ffKNKIH
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